Family and Society 



the rest. The brotherhood of nations is no 

 more difficult or impossible to-day than was 

 the union of clans or tribes some thousand 

 years ago. * 



Society does not neglect the physical welfare 

 of its members, but it is largely a means of men- 

 tal progress and evolution. Even intellectual 

 development is less important than moral and 

 religious. The latter have always accompanied 

 one another in the evolution of any healthy so- 

 ciety or civilization. They promote freedom by 

 inculcating respect for law, and show that " per- 

 fect liberty is perfect obedience to perfect law." 

 The only sure and lasting foundations are virtue 

 and righteousness. 



Whatever the future may have in store for 

 us, these great social or popular movements and 

 tendencies will never be arrested until some- 

 thing has been attained far higher and better 

 than our present conditions, hopes, or dreams. 

 Evolution will not cease, and it will work toward 

 higher and grander ends. Its aim will be the 

 expression and the realization of the highest 

 ideals and deepest and most complete physical, 

 mental, moral, and religious welfare of the peo- 

 ple. We do not know the form or constitution 



